架构师提供的文本描述。这座房子被设计成一个长长的主酒吧，东西向，位于房产的北侧。这个条子是由另外两个元素相交的，因此形成了三个四合院-每个庭院都有自己独特的特征。该房产的街道侧有一些成熟的活橡树，这有助于告知第一法院的特征。

Text description provided by the architects. The house is designed as a long main bar, running East-West, positioned on the North side of the property. This bar is intersected by two other elements, thus forming a series of three courtyards - each with its own separate and unique character. The street-side of the property contains a number of mature live oaks which helped inform the character of the first court.

这个庭院，“树苑”是由佛罗里达州的基石墙的客人宿舍卷和虚构覆盖的卷车库。院子里有橡树的天然树冠。第一个垂直单元，一个玻璃包覆的桥，包含孩子们的卧室，从主酒吧延伸，并停留在客人宿舍的音量。它屏蔽了进入房子的入口，并将入口固定到第二法院。

This court, the “Tree Court” is bound by the Florida keystone-clad wall of the Guest Quarters volume and the ficusripiens covered volume of the garage. The court is sheltered by the natural canopy of the oak trees. The first perpendicular element, a glass-clad bridge that contains the children’s bedrooms, extends from the main bar and rests on the Guest Quarters volume. It shields the entry to the house and frames the entry to the second court.

这一宫，“雨苑”，由三面的流通脊柱的主酒吧，客人宿舍的体积，和两层的客厅，并打开了密集的花园墙壁。第三层是“水城”，面向海湾，内有游泳池和水疗中心，旨在创造一个外部环境，鼓励人们充分进入和享受海湾及其长景和日落。第二个遮挡庭院的天篷是混凝土“阳伞”，它延伸到客厅的体积上方。

This court, the “Rain Court” is bound on three sides by the circulation spine of the main bar, the Guest Quarters volume, and the two-story living room and opens onto a dense garden wall. The third court, the “Water court” faces the Bay, and contains the pool and spa and was designed to create an exterior environment that encouraged full access and enjoyment of the Bay and its long vistas and sunsets. The second canopy to shield a court is the concrete “parasol” that extends above the living room volume.

它的定位是为了提供太阳能和雨水的保护。通过被提升到屋顶上方，它允许海湾微风流过现场，保持水庭和雨苑的凉爽。它还起到太阳反射器的作用，在一天的大部分时间里阻挡直接的太阳，但它允许从起居室屋顶的单层膜屋顶反射出来的光从它的底部反射出来。

It is positioned so as to offer solar and rain protection. By being lifted above the roof, it allows the Bay breezes to flow through the site, keeping both the Water Court and Rain Court cool. It also acts as a solar reflector, blocking direct sun through most of the day but allowing the light that is reflected off the single membrane roof of the living room roof to bounce off its underside.